Established
Goals: Second
Grade students will be able to identify and discuss individuals and their
behaviors that exhibit the characteristics of trustworthiness, respect,
responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.They will share their findings using written and
technological communication tools in the form of a friendly letter.
Language Arts
Content Standard 2.2 Write a friendly letter complete
with the date, salutation, body, closing, and signature.
Social Studies Standard 2.5 Students
understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how
heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others’
lives.
Understandings:
Students will
understand that:
The choices that we
make and the behaviors that we exhibit define who we are.
Trustworthiness, respect,
responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship are characteristics that
are encouraged and desired around the world.
People around the
world are faced with similar character challenges and must make choices based
on these six primary character traits.
Essential
Questions:
How do you write a friendly letter?
Why is it important
to be a good person?
Tell me about a
______ person that you know.How
do you know that they are ______?
What choices does a ________ make and
what do they say that make you believe that they are someone you admire and
want to be like?
_______Each characteristic will be discussed
and focused on individually.The
same questions will be asked about each characteristic.
Students will know:Students will be able to:
*3 key elements of the character
traits trustworthiness,*Share with others using written and technological
respect, responsibility, fairness,
caring, and citizenship.Communication tools how they have exhibited the desired
*The importance of good character,
and that it is ancharacter traits oftrustworthiness, respect
ongoing challenge that they must
continue to master.responsibility, fairness, caring, or citizenship.
*How to identify behavior choices
based on the*Recognize and define the characteristics of
Six character traits.trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring,
*Share with others using written andand citizenship based on a measured assessment.
technological communication tools
how they or their*Complete a list identifying 3 behaviors of others that have
peers have exhibited the desired
character traits ofexhibited the character traits being studied.
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